This machine was last overhauled in February 1955, and last turned out Crepe silk, probably dress material.
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Asbestos rope isn’t something you can buy at Home Depot anymore, but it’s fire and heat resistant stuff; great for industrial work, like in a sugar mill.
Laundry chute to the basement, as seen on the top floor.
North of the assembly complex is a storage network of earthen and concrete bunkers.
Van Dyke Cab Company and Yellow Cab served the terminal in lieu of a streetcar loop downtown, which was planned but never built.
From factory to skate park to restaurant. This is in the skate park stage. The buildings to the right are demolished now, and in their place are hockey rinks.
A switchboard to control the flow of electricity into the plant from the city and generators.
Looking at ADM-1 from beside ADM-4, back when ADM-4 had a train shed and ADM-1 had a skyway. In the thick woods beneath the skyway was a long time homeless camp… most of its residents were very friendly.
Pipes to channel nitrose (think nitro glycerine) infused acid through the building.
A super-shallow depth of field shot on the Leica Summilux.